Well, my vanishing tenant has started something! Not only did I feel compelled to defend myself against being accused of having illegal contracts yesterday, but now it's been insinuated that I'm unprofessional because I had a tenant with an AST where the fixed term period elapsed on 1 Jan! Whatever next? Following on from my... Continue Reading →
The thorny question of tenants giving notice at the end of an AST fixed period!
Interesting situation today. I couldn't get in touch with one of our tenants before Christmas and her post has been gradually building up into a large pile. This coupled with the fact that no-one had seen sight of her, she didn't pay her rent for December and her 6 month assured shorthold tenancy agreement expired on... Continue Reading →
The Housepricecrash.co.uk forum put their tuppence in!
A busy week and then a fantastic day at CavFest yesterday meant I'm only just checking into the blog today and got a nice and then a bit of a nasty surprise. The nice bit was having several hundred visits to the Moregeous Mansion bird house post earlier this week. It's taken our garden by... Continue Reading →
Project Lauren / Modiste Designs launch night, finished bang on time!
Our work was done! The old shop false ceiling had come down (see here) as had the dividing wall, new changing rooms had been built along with a dividing wall between sofa and desk, the new lighting and sockets were fitted, everywhere was freshly painted in a taupe shade called Lauren and all the walnut... Continue Reading →
Preparing the Modiste shop interior – a strip, a pinch & a tickle
I had a phone call a couple of weeks ago from a Facebook friend Sue, who owns Modiste, a fab little contemporary boutique I've shopped at in Stockport. They were moving premises and needed an electrician to move some lights and possibly a joiner, could I help? Mr M & I popped over to take... Continue Reading →
Scoffing Gastro Club’s uterus pie amidst the Manchester rioters
Amidst the shameful destruction and looting taking place in Manchester last night, Nero fiddled. Ok, it was a Miss Selfridges shop display not Rome on fire and none of us there wore togas, but it did feel a lot like we were revelling in the midst of madness. The occasion was Gastro Club's first birthday,... Continue Reading →
And you think you’re having a bad day….
Gotcha there didn't I, you thought my world had collapsed over an on site disaster, a rent skipping tenant or one of the many other calamaties which befall Team Moregeous each week, tee hee :-0